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title: wait, the servant had to walk through three kingdoms for the apple? — Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Cr… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the servant had to walk through three kingdoms for the apple? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

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wait, the servant had to walk through three kingdoms for the apple?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, servant · **What happens:** wait, have, walk · **To what, where:** three kingdoms

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/761-pg2591-part37/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t7:1
# text = wait, the servant had to walk through three kingdoms for the apple?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | the servant |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | the servant *not said here* |  |  | three kingdoms |  | for the apple | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through kingdom=Trajectory |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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yep, he hitched a ride on a wagon, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t7:o1:1
# text = yep, he hitched a ride on a wagon, no cap
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hitched	hitch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hitch** | past | he | a ride and no cap |  |  |  | on a wagon | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ride=Patient on wagon=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he took a boat across the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t7:o2:1
# text = yep, he took a boat across the sea
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | a boat |  | the sea |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, just one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t7:o3:1
# text = nope, just one
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he kept going till his legs gave up, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t7:o4:1
# text = yep, he kept going till his legs gave up, no cap
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | no cap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | no cap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **give up** | past | his legs |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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